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Microhabitats

Science Year 2
This unit is part of Year 2 Science Habitats

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Objectives

Explore the school grounds on the hunt for microhabitats. Zoom in on the tiny world of these habitats and draw or photograph what is going on there. Consider and draw conclusions about what lives in these microhabitats and why.

Science Objectives
i) Explore/compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive.

ii) Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.

Working Scientifically

  1. Ask simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways.
  2. Observe closely, using simple equipment.
  3. Identify and classify.
  4. Use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.
  5. Gather and record data to help answer questions.

Other Curriculum Areas
Art

  • Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

You Will Need

Additional Resources

  • iPads or other tablets
  • Clip-on macro lenses (Amazon, under £10)
  • Investigating microhabitats resource
  • Clip boards
  • Sketch books
  • Pencils
  • Magnifying glasses or bug boxes with magnifying lids
  • Sticky notes

Weblinks
Microhabitats from www.YouTube.co.uk
BBC Bitesize: Woodland habitats from www.bbc.co.uk

Lesson Planning

Teaching

  • Explore microhabitats in the school grounds, making and recording observations.
  • Understand that most of the living things they observed live in those microhabitats because they are suited to them.
  • Understand that different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants and try and answer these questions: What microhabitat is best for moss to grow? What living things can be found in muddy microhabitats? Which microhabitats had the biggest variety of living things?

Activities

  1. Observe microhabitats and their inhabitants and understand why they live there.
  2. Understand that different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of living things.
  3. Understand that there are a varied amount of microhabitats with different features and conditions.

Investigation - exploring over time
Photograph or draw the micro-habitats in the school grounds, adding five adjectives to describe them (damp/wet/dry, dark/light).

Vocabulary
Microhabitat, damp/wet/dry, dark/light, features

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